Curriculum Vitae Jing YAO, BSc, MSc, Msc(Eng.), PhD Lecturer in Urban Big Data and Quantitative Methods Urban Big Data Centre School of Social & Political Sciences University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1413302368 Email: Jing.Yao@glasgow.ac.uk Web page: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/jingyao/ ESRC Urban Big Data Centre: http://www.ubdc.ac.uk/ EDUCATION PhD (Geography), 2009.08-2012.12, Arizona State University, USA. Dissertation: Spatial Optimization Approaches for Solving the Continuous Weber and multi-weber Problems (Advisor: Prof. Alan Murray) MSc (Industrial Engineering), 2010.08-2012.5, Arizona State University, USA. MSc (Cartography and Geographical Information System), 2002.09-2005.05, Nanjing University, China. BSc (Geographical Information System) (Honors, First Class), 1998.09-2002.05, Nanjing University, China. EMPLOYMENT 2014.10-now, Lecturer in Urban Big Data and Quantitative Methods, Urban Big Data Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 2013.06-2014.09, Research Fellow, Centre for GeoInformation, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. 2013.01-2013.05, Postdoctoral Associate, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University, USA. 2012.08-2012.12, Teaching Assistant, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University, USA. 2009.08-2012.08, Research Assistant, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University, USA. 2008.05-2009.08, Lecturer, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. 2005.09-2008.05, Teaching Assistant (faculty), Hohai University, Nanjing, China. 1
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Geographic Information Science; Spatial Statistics; Quantitative Methods; Spatial Optimization; Health Geography; Urban and Regional Planning and Development; Location Modeling. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2017. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. 2012. Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad ($6,000), Ministry of Education, China. 2009. University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, USA. GRANTS 2019-2024 Urban Big Data Centre. Co-I (PI: Prof. Nick Bailey). Economic and Social Research Council. 2017-2021 GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC). Co-I (PI: Prof. Ya Ping Wang). Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Research Councils UK Collective Fund, 7,105,262. 2017-2019 EuroGEOSS-Hub: the European approach to Data Hub for GEOSS. Co-I. (PI: François ROBIDA, Geological and Mining Research Bureau Joint Research Center, European). Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme. European Commission. 2016 Postdoctoral and Early Career Researcher Exchanges Funds. Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, 2,500. 2015-2018 The Re-Making of Chinese Urban Neighborhoods: Socio-Spatial Transformation and Access to Public Services. Co-I (PI: Prof. Ya Ping Wang). Economic and Social Research Council and National Natural Science Foundation of China: UK-China Research and Innovation Partnership Fund (Newton Fund), 606,945. 2015 Glasgow-Nankai Research Exchange Grant. University of Glasgow, 1,500. 2013-2015 Spatial Optimization Approaches for Solving the Continuous multi-weber Problem. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 230,000. 2013-2015 Continuous Geographic Physical Process Model and its Integration with 2
GIS. Co-I (PI: Dr. Xiaoxiang Zhang). National Natural Science Foundation of China, 250,000. PUBLICATIONS Book Chapter Yao J. 2009. Chapter 9 Application of GIS in the Management of Flood. In L. Kang and X. Zhang (ed.), Principles and Applications of Geographical Information Systems (in Chinese). China Water & Power Press, pp. 143-156. Michael Zeiler, Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide To Geodatabase Design, translated by X. Zhang, F. Zhang, & J. YAO et al., Posts & Telecom press, 2004, 200pp.(in Chinese) (English Version: Michael Zeiler, Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide To Geodatabase Design, ESRI Press, 1999, 200pp). Peer-reviewed Journal Articles Yao, J., Zhang, X., & Murray, A. T. (2018). Location Optimization of Urban Fire Stations: Access and Service Coverage. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.10.006 (in press). Yao, J., Wong, D. W.S., Bailey, N. and Minton, J. (2018). Spatial segregation measures: a methodological review. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Doi:10.1111/tesg.12305. Yao, J., Zhang, X., & Murray, A. T. (2018). Spatial Optimization for Land-use Allocation: Accounting for Sustainability Concerns. International Regional Science Review, 41(6), 579-600. Zhang, X., Yao, J. and Sila-Nowicka, K. (2018). Exploring spatiotemporal dynamics of urban fires: A case of Nanjing, China. ISPRS International Journal of Geo- Information, 7(1), 7. (doi:10.3390/ijgi7010007). Yao, J., & Fotheringham, A. S. (2016). Local spatiotemporal modeling of house prices: a mixed model approach. The Professional Geographer, 68(2), 189-201. Agadjanian, V., Yao, J., & Hayford, S. R. (2016). Place, Time and Experience: Barriers to Universalization of Institutional Child Delivery in Rural Mozambique. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 42(1), 21-31. 3
Agadjanian, V., Hayford, S. R., Luz, L., & Yao, J. (2015). Bridging user and provider perspectives: Family planning access and utilization in rural Mozambique. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 130, E47-E51. Fotheringham, A. S., Crespo, R., & Yao, J. (2015). Exploring, modelling and predicting spatiotemporal variations in house prices. The Annals of Regional Science, 54(2), 417-436. Fotheringham, A. S., Crespo, R., & Yao, J. (2015). Geographical and temporal weighted regression (GTWR). Geographical Analysis, 47(4), 431-452. Yao, J., Agadjanian, V., & Murray, A. T. (2014). Spatial and social inequities in HIV testing utilization in the context of rapid scale-up of HIV/AIDS services in rural Mozambique. Health & Place, 28, 133-141. Yao, J., & Murray, A. T. (2014). Locational effectiveness of clinics providing sexual and reproductive health services to women in rural Mozambique. International Regional Science Review, 37(2), 172-193. Yao, J., & Murray, A. T. (2014). Serving regional demand in facility location. Papers in Regional Science, 93(3), 643-662. Yao, J., Murray, A. T., & Agadjanian, V. (2013). A geographical perspective on access to sexual and reproductive health care for women in rural Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 96, 60-68. Yao, J., & Murray, A. T. (2013). Continuous surface representation and approximation: spatial analytical implications. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27(5), 883-897. Yao, J., Murray, A. T., Agadjanian, V., & Hayford, S. R. (2012). Geographic influences on sexual and reproductive health service utilization in rural Mozambique. Applied Geography, 32(2), 601-607. Cudnik, M. T., Yao, J., Zive, D., Newgard, C., & Murray, A. T. (2012). Surrogate markers of transport distance for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. Prehospital Emergency Care, 16(2), 266-272. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 2013 2014: PyGWR A New Version GWR and Extension. A project led by Professor Stewart Fotheringham at Centre for Geoinformatics, University of St Andrews, UK. 4
The only developer of PyGWR. A prototype was used in a short course for PhD students given by Professor Stewart Fotheringham and Dr Jing Yao (Lab Instructor) at Arizona State University, USA in March, 2014 2013 2014: Development of GWR4.0.8 and GWR 4.0.9 An international collaboration project organized by Tomoki Nakaya (Department of Geography, Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Martin Charlton, Paul Lewis, Chris Brunsdon (National Centre for Geocomputation, National University of Ireland, Ireland), Jing Yao (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow) and Stewart Fotheringham (School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, Arizona State University) (http://gwr.maynoothuniversity.ie/gwr4-software/) Developer and group member. 2010 2011: Development of GeoDaSpace and PySAL Projects led by Professors Luc Anselin and Serge Rey at the GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University, USA (https://spatial.uchicago.edu/software) Developer and group member. PRESENTATIONS Yao J., A.T. Murray. Location Modeling to Support Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning. International Symposium on Locational Decisions (ISOLDE) XIV, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 9 14, 2017. Yao J., X. Zhang. Location Optimization of Fire Stations: Trade-off between Accessibility and Service Coverage. The Ninth International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Montreal, Canada, September 27-30, 2016. Yao J., X. Zhang. Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Fire Incidents: A Case Study of Nanjing, China. The XXIII International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July 12-19, 2016. Yao J., A.S. Fotheringham. A Framework for Geographically Weighted Analysis and a Supporting Python Library PyGWA. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicargo, IL, USA, April 21-25, 2015. 5
Yao J., A.S. Fotheringham. Local Spatiotemporal Modelling of House Prices: A Mixed Model Method. The 61 st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Bethesda, Washington, D.C., USA, November 12-15, 2014. Yao J., A.T. Murray, and V. Agadjanjan. Geographical Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Women in Rural Mozambique. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 9-13, 2013. Yao J., A.T. Murray. Evaluation of Health Care Facility Locations: a Case Study in Rural Mozambique. Western Regional Science Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Feb 25-27, 2013. Yao J., A.T. Murray. Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Location in Rural Mozambique. International Symposium on locational decisions (ISOLDE) XII, Nagoya and Kyoto, Japan, July 19-24, 2012. Yao J., A.T. Murray. Continuous Surface Representation and Approximation: Spatial Analytical Implications. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, USA, February 24-28, 2012. Yao J., A.T. Murray. Heuristics for Solving Multi-Weber Problem Extensions. North American Regional Science Conference, Miami, FL, USA, November 9-12, 2011. Yao J., A.T. Murray, V. Agadjanjan, S. Hayford. Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Utilization in Rural Mozambique. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, USA, April 12-16, 2011. Yao J., A.T. Murray. Siting A Single Facility to Best Serve an Area. 2010 North American Regional Science Conference, Denver, CO, USA, November 10-13, 2010. Yao J., A.T. Murray, S. Hayford, V. Agadjanjan, B. Cau. Regional Variability of Women's HIV/AIDS Risks: A Case Study of Gaza, Mozambique. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., USA, April 14-18, 2010. 6
SUPERVISION PhD Students 2018.10-now, Mr Weicong Luo, Measuring and Optimizing Healthcare Access in a Rapid Urbanization Context. University of Glasgow. 2018.09-2019.09, Mr Yuhao Jin (visiting student from Sun Yat-sen University from China), Big-data Driven Spatial Analytics for Land-use Dynamics Analysis and Modeling. Master Students I ve supervised 13 Master dissertations at University of Glasgow on a variety of topics including urban planning, real estate market and urban transport, among others. Visiting Scholars 2016.12-2017.12, Dr Xuemei Bi, the Center of Earthquake Emergency Technical Support, Earthquake Administration of Jiangsu, China 2016.1, Prof. Jing Wang, Wuhan University, China TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014-2018, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Postgraduate Social Science Statistics I (course convener) Social Science Statistics II (course convener) Principles of Applications of GIS (course convener) Fundamental of Transport Studies (co-taught) International Real Estate Analysis (co-taught) Undergraduate Researching the City: A Spatial Perspective (course convener) UBDC training course Introduction to R Using R: Mapping Spatial Data Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis 7
2014, Universtiy of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. Quantitative Methods in Geography (co-taught) 2012, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA. Geographic Information Science I (teaching assistant) 2005-2009, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. Undergraduate thesis advisor (number students: 6) Principles of Spatial Databases (course convener) Principles of Geographic Information Systems (course convener) Web-based Geographic Information Systems (course convener) INVITED TALKS 2018.01 "Design and Development of Open-source Software for Spatial Analysis". Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Science Academy, China. 2017.06 Optimisation Problems in Geographically Weighted Regression. School of Government, Peking University, China. 2017.06 Using PySAL for Spatial Analysis (half day workshop). Hohai University, China. 2017.06 "Geographically Weighted Regression (half day workshop)." Hohai University, China 2016.05 Spatiotemporal Analyses of Urban Fires and Optimizing Fire Station Locations: An Initial Study on Smart Fire Fighting. Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, UK. 2015.12 Spatial Analysis and Urban Big Data in Agricultural Land Use Research. Beijing Agriculture and Forestry Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 2015.08 Spatial Analysis and Urban Big Data Research in UK. the Institution of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 2015.07 Spatial Statistics in Social Sciences and the Challenges of Big Data. Nankai University, Tianjing, China. 2014.12 Applications of Spatial Analytics in National Geographic Conditions 8
Monitoring. National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, Beijing, China. ADMINISTRATION SERVICE 2015-2018, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences MSc Urban Analytics program convener (2018-) Nankai undergraduate exchange program convener (2017-2018) Honors convener (2015-2017) Exam officer (2015-2017) College undergraduate student adviser (2015-2017) International/Erasmus exchange coordinator (2015-2017) College undergraduate student adviser (2015-) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE External Examiner 2018.02 opponent in a public doctoral defence, Error propagation in geographically weighted regression by Mr Jaakko Madetoja, Aalto University, Finland. Grant Reviewer National Natural Science Foundation of Chinese (China) Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Book Reviewer Seeing Cities Through Big Data Research, Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics Springer (2015) Journal Reviewer Geographical Analysis Information Science International Regional Science The Annals of Regional Science Review Transactions in GIS International Journal of Geographical Computers, Environment and Urban 9
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